Legend has it that Orlando got its name from a carving in the side of a tree. A man named Orlando Reeves, who operated a sugar mill and plantation thirty miles north of the area, carved his name into a tree on the shores of Lake Eola, and settlers who arrived a few years later assumed it was the grave marker of a soldier slain during the Seminole War. Orlando was incorporated in 1875 and quickly grew to become Florida’s largest inland city. It started attracting tourists in the first decade of the twentieth century, and became a tourism powerhouse when Walt Disney decided to build Walt Disney World there since it was safer from hurricanes than Miami and Tampa.

Orlando has three major theme parks: Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and Sea World. Cypress Pointe is closest to Walt Disney World. Walt Disney World hosts 46.9 million guests annually, making it the most visited amusement park in the world. It covers 30,080 acres and has four theme parks, two water parks, and 23 on-site themed resorts. The four theme parks are the Magic Kingdom, Epcot Center, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Each park is a world unto itself; the Magic Kingdom alone draws 17 million visitors per year.

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Directions from Orlando International Airport to Cypress Pointe Resort:

1. Head south on Airport Blvd (1.0 mi)
2. Continue onto Jeff Fuqua Blvd (0.7 mi)
3. Continue onto S Semoran Blvd N (0.3 mi)
4. Take the ramp onto FL-528 W (10.9 mi)
5. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for I-4 W/Tampa and
    merge onto I-4 W (3.6 mi)
6. Take exit 68 for FL-535 N (0.3 mi)
7. Turn right onto FL-535 N (0.5 mi)
8. Continue onto S Apopka Vineland Rd/County Rd 435 (0.3 mi)
9. Turn right onto Vinning Way (0.2 mi)
10. Turn left onto Treasure Cay Ln. Destination will be on
     the left (0.1 mi)